Angiosperms that morphologically and physiologically attach to other flowering plants by
means of a haustorium have evolved 12 times independently resulting in 292 genera and …

The partitioning of genetic material between the nucleus and cytoplasmic (mitochondrial and
plastid) genomes within eukaryotic cells necessitates coordinated integration between these …

Background Flowering plants (angiosperms) are dominant components of global terrestrial
ecosystems, but phylogenetic relationships at the familial level and above remain only …

Despite the enormous diversity among parasitic angiosperms in form and structure, life-
history strategies, and plastid genomes, little is known about the diversity of their …

Summary Despite more than 2,000-fold variation in genome size, key features of genome
architecture are largely conserved across angiosperms. Parasitic plants have elucidated the …

The plastid genome of plants is the smallest and most gene‐rich of the three genomes in
each cell and the one generally present in the highest copy number. As a result, obtaining …

We consider the mechanistic basis and functional significance of the pervasive influence of
parasitic plants on productivity and diversity, synthesizing recent findings on their responses …

Phylogeneticists are increasingly assembling genome-scale data sets that include hundreds
of genes to resolve their focal clades. Although these data sets commonly include a …

Because novel environmental conditions alter the selection pressure on genes or entire
subgenomes, adaptive and nonadaptive changes will leave a measurable signature in the …

The origin of plastids (chloroplasts) by endosymbiosis stands as one of the most important
events in the history of eukaryotic life. The genetic, biochemical, and cell biological …